Improvement in hoop-fastenings for cotton-bales



GEORGE J. VIDRIG, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOOP-FASTENINGS FOR COTTON-BALES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,632, dated April 12, 1859.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE J. VVIDRIG, of Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, haveinvented a certain Improvement in Hoop-Fastenings for Cotton-Ties, the construction and operation ot' which I have described in the following specification, and illustrated in its accompanying drawings, with sufficient clearness to enable competent and skillful workmen in the arts to which it pertains, or is most nearly allied, to make and use :ny/invention.

My said invention consists in the combinaiion of the removable bar with the main part of a buckle or loop and with the band, for the purpose of fastening cotton-bales or other similar substances, as hereinafter set forth.

My invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, as follows: Figure l is a plan of my improved fastening, the main body of the band being omitted, it being broken off a short distance from lthe end. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Eig. et is a plan of the removable bar.

A are the sides of my buckle or loop. I) b are bars connecting the two sides permanently together. d is a piece of hoop-iron, which is passed over the bar b and brought back so as to be directly under the upper part or inclined to it. B is a loose bar, having two prongs, one at each end, which slide in slots or grooves e, made in the sides of the buckle A, running longitudinally. f is the other end ot the band.

T he end b having been securely fastened, as above described, the band is then passed around the bale. The other end, f, is then passed under the middle bar and brought up between b and b', after which it is bent down against the other part of the band, f. The prongs of the bar B are then entered into the slots or grooves e e, after which the end f is bent back again and over the bar B and cut olf, as shown.

In fastening iron-bands for cotton-bales it has been customary to bend the first end under after passing it over the bar b,- but it is desirable to fasten the other end in a simple way, which will at the same time admit of being unfastened with equal facility at the compress or other place, when desired, and also be a cheap and substantial fastening. My invention is particularly adapted to this purpose, inasmuch as it can be fastened with ease, and yet while the fastening is secure it is capable of being unfastened ina moment. The prongs on the ends of the bar B are perhaps not indispensable, though they give additional security against its loss. By this arrangement I am enabled to draw the band tight, after which I put in the bar B and bend the endf over it, which serves to seeure'the bar B in place and at the same time secure the band firmly.

I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not claim the mode of fastening the first end of the band by bending it under, for this is a well-known device, and has been used for like purposes before.

The particular improvement which constitutes my said invention, and which I claim as having been originally and first invented by me, is-

The combination of the sides A, having slots or grooves e, with the bar B, for the purpose of fastening cottonbales or other similar substances by bringing the last end,f, over the bar B, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

GEO. J. VIDRIG. W'itnesses: t

Homan F. HILL, I. MILLAR. 

